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by Kent Sterling Driving home yesterday, hauling ass to watch every pitch pf game four of the NLDS just like when I ran home everyday from Mrs. Zimmer’s class at Lake Bluff Central Elementary to catch the end of every regular season game in 1971, I heard Jake Query on WNDE lambasting me for my flip-flop […]

by Kent Sterling Life can be complicated. The bad things that happen to us wind up turning out for the best, and what seems good at the time can sometimes take you to a place you would rather have avoided. For me this Thanksgiving, I’m thankful that my wife told me to come home. It […]

by Kent Sterling There are a lot of ways that life can redirect energy to what’s important and profitable, and getting fired is one of the best. We don’t like it when change happens to us, and being told you aren’t allowed to work for an employer you like and respect is a harsh slap […]

by Kent Sterling Adversity is a wonderful thing. It allows us to examine, plot, and re-invent. Many of us are too fearful to cause ourselves adversity, so when it is delivered to us on a silver platter, it should be embraced. Some friends of mine were fired last week in St. Louis. It happens. A […]

by Kent Sterling After spending a good portion of yesterday consuming national media reports looking for some unique information about the World Series, I went to the source where I should have started, St. Louis Sports Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz. As I expected, Bernie gave me a whole lot of what I got nowhere else. […]

by Kent Sterling The madness surrounding the idiocy perpetrated by Jack Clark upon the legacy of Albert Pujols has generated headlines in St. Louis and across the country because watching the self-immolation of the famous has become an American pastime. I wasn’t going to write about it because the squeaky wheels getting the grease in […]

by Kent Sterling Making mistakes is nothing new for me. Throughout my life, I’ve made decisions that required subsequent corrective actions, and moving to St. Louis definitely qualifies. I’m good at trying things, and I’m also good at knowing when things fit and when they don’t. Despite working with some of the best people I’ve […]